A one eyed Japanese Good Luck Dharma

These little Good Luck Dharma dolls are so cute!!

A Daruma or rather Dharma doll is a small Japanese paper-mache doll which is painted a bright colour according to the luck it represents. These little dolls that I came across while in Japan fascinated me and I just had to get myself one. There are seven different “Dharmas” of Good Luck so I had to choose carefully.

Purple for Appreciation

Yellow for Prosperity

Blue for Happiness

Red for Dreams To Come True

Pink for Smiles

Orange for health

Green for Luck

Each little doll represents a different “Wish” or “Luck”

These little dolls are considered to bring good luck because they always come back to an upright position after being tipped over. They are all weighted at the bottom which makes this possible. Some Daruma actually have no eyes and look a bit spooky but I was told that they were “Wish” Daruma. You have to paint one eye in right after you receive it while wishing for something to come true. The other eye is then supposed to be painted when the wish is realized. I immediately bought myself a little bright red Dharma for Dreams To Come True quite excited about making this “wish”!

I am still waiting to paint in the second eye of my now little weird looking Dharma doll….

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I am addicted to travelling and have been exploring the world for nearly two decades. Here I share my travel stories and pictures so that you can share in some of the amazing experiences I have along the way. When you travel you experience the culture and get to know the people of a country. Once you step out of your comfortzone you get to know the real country and experience it in a different way than ordinary tourists. My camera usually accompanies me everywhere I go so you can "see" and read about my journeys.
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I love the idea of a little Daruma doll….perhaps I would go for the red for dreams to come true, or the orange for health (in the hope that I would be as healthy as possible given the constraints I already have!). 🙂

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